NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of LTJ Bukem on 11 September 2020. LTJ Bukem has been played over 100 times on NTS, first on 17 May 2012. LTJ Bukem's music has been featured on 90 episodes.

In the mid eighties, at the age of seventeen, Bukem discovered the joys of clubbing. The teenager regularly checked out the local soul clubs and legendary rare groove all dayers. During this time he also ran a jazz funk band. DJing however, was his main thing and by 1987 he gained something of a reputation for his sets. In 1990, LTJ Bukem got his first big…